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Fragrant Readings Archive
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 Edisud will publish a new book on cheeses, their history and their wide diversity in the world entitled Fromages en fête (A Cheese Festival) on January 13, 2012.
The recipe book is bound to interest fragrance lovers - there is a need by the way for an equivalent of the single word "gourmet" for perfume passionates (my favorite two-word expression personally, which I don't see used) - as it also promises to devote attention to their aromas...
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 The 28th annual edition of Fragrances of the World - Parfums du Monde by Michael Edwards is now available for pre-orders. Referenced as the Bible of the fragrance industry, it lists a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the perfume launches that took place in the year prior to its date of publication.
The 2012 edition has now more than 8000 perfumes indexed. For the first time in its history, it saw the addition of more than 1000 fragrances in one year, with an estimated average of 3 new launches per day in 2011...
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 The founder of Editions de Parfums Est. 2000, Frédéric Malle, has written a book about the creative process surrounding his perfumes called Frédéric Malle De L'Art du Parfum. Angelika Books proposes English and German editions for perfume aficions as well.
The book debuts tomorrow with a foreword by actress Catherine Deneuve and illustrations by Konstantin Kakanias...
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 Home to Thanksgiving by George Henry Durrie, 1867, handcolored lithograph
To help set the mood for a fragrant and delicious Thanksgiving for American readers, here are 3 cosy reads from the archives, with wiffs of pumpkin and spices: Un Crime Exotique by Parfumerie Générale Five O'Clock au Gingembre by Serge Lutens Like This by Etat Libre d'Orange. If you are celebrating, have a lovely feast on Thanksgiving Day!
 Simon Doonan, artistic director at Barney's and author of immortal advice books such as Wacky Chicks and Eccentric Glamour, debates the semantics of the latest perfume by Chanel named "Jersey", to Jerseyans and the "American psyche." He should know, Jonny his husband is from South Jersey and the ultimate household authority on the subject.
Doonan also mentions "Poupée" by Rochas - not by Balenciaga, I believe - as an unfortunate-sounding fragrance name once it goes through the filter of the American tongue. Funny article ahead...
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 A young Judith Muller posing with Bathsheba Via hetek.hu
Luminary perfumer Sophia Grojsman was interviewed by Forward. She reveals, among other things, that Judith Muller Bathsheba was her first marketed perfume while Trésor by Lancôme might very well be her favorite creation. To the nose, the place of one of her perfumes in the history of women seems to constitute a tipping point for deciding which might be her favorite. For Grojsman, ultimately, perfume is about elevating femininity and making women feel well in their skins, helping them overcome the trivialities of daily life. It is medicine for the (feminine) soul. If this is not exactly feminism, it is nevertheless all very much and resolutely on the side of women. After listening to the interview, you just wished someone could bottle the charm of her Bielorussian accent with its genrous "r's" as well as the raspiness of her smoky voice in a bottle....
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 Jimmy Choo have chosen the format of the blog, a limited-edition one, so to speak, to fête the launch of their debut fragrance Jimmy Choo (see review). Tamara and friends (see list after the jump) are forming a small blogging community from September 21 to October 5, that is from the first day of Fashion Week in Milan to the last day of Fashion Week in Paris to talk about their likes on a different theme each day. On Day 1 they posted about music, on Day 2 about cinema...
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 The Johns Hopkins University Press will release a new title in October 2011 which will interest people who are fascinated by both the power and elusiveness of scent: The Ephemeral History of Perfume: Scent and Sense in Early Modern England by Holly Dugan (280 pages.)...
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 If you are interested in exploring the topic of lavender while - bonus - practising your language skills, there is a new book in French and English entitled Lavande Senteurs et Traditions by Philippe Poulet. It joins the rather prolific literature on the aromatic plant. Like with other tomes on the subject, it presents the history of the relationship existing between lavender and its somewhat coarser cousin, lavendula...
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Acqua di Parma is launching a new perfume this month in the Le Nobili collection called Gelsomino Nobile (Noble Jasmine.) The scent centers on a species of Italian jasmine which is local to Calabria and which offers green and fresh facets making it light and airy. The composition is signed by perfumer Michel Almairac who worked under the direction of LVMH head fragrance director François Demachy. The vision behind the scent is that of, "...a beautiful Italian garden bursting with the first buds of color, with a sunny and fresh sea breeze wafting in from the Mediterranean, in the distance, captures the true spirit of Italian Jasmine."....
Continue reading "Acqua di Parma Creates Gelsomino Nobile and Commissions a Book on Italian Gardens (2011) {New Fragrance} {Fragrant Reading}" »
 Perusing the virtual book aisles yields the information that there is going to be a bountiful crop of fragrance books in the upcoming months. If you like perfume as well as to sit by the fireplace, all at the same time, you can already plan on stacking a few books by your armchair. One of them has already been released in May of 2011. It is entitled Histoires des Parfums by Michelle Brachet, a French copywriter and consultant living in England...
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 A new book on perfume will be introduced on September 29, 2011 entitled Parfums Mythiques authored by beauty writer Marie-Bénédicte Gauthier. The tome is devoted to covering the history of 65 legendary perfumes including Arpège, L'Air du temps, Eau sauvage, L'Heure bleue, Coco...
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In-house perfumer for Hermès Jean-Claude Ellena is on a whirlwind tour in Asia to promote his latest composition, Un Jardin sur le Toit (A Garden on a Roof Top), whose light and transparent yet rich and variegated texture seems to draw a gracile bridge between classic and modern perfumery, between the old manner of Ellena and the new (this is my take so far, at least.) The Enquirer in the Philippines reports that Ellena, among other things, felt that the Garden series was becoming too commercial and that he had been considering stopping it a year ago...
Continue reading "Hermès' Fourth Garden Perfume Launches in Asia -- Jean-Claude Ellena Says It Might be the Last One {Fragrant Reading}" »
In-house perfumer for luxury brand Hermès Jean-Claude Ellena, the author more recently of Terre d'Hermès, Voyage d'Hermès, Eau Claire des Merveilles and Hermessence Iris Ukiyoé, but also of Bulgari Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert et Cartier Déclaration, among others, is turning to the pen once more...
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OsMoz.com, the educational arm of Firmenich, have published a guide book to perfumed Paris called Paris Parfum: le guide du parfum à Paris. The tome includes "legendary, confidential or secret addresses" but also the history of the "most beautiful brands of perfumery", practical tips and a list of perfume must-tries...
Continue reading "Paris Parfum: Le Guide du Parfum à Paris + Limited-Edition Olfactive Coffret {Fragrant Reading - New Book}" »
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